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Surprisingly, the election of Donald Trump has sent a shot of adrenaline into the markets. In the two months after the election, the S&P 500 is up more than 6%, with the Russell 2000, an index of economically sensitive small-cap stocks, up more than double the S&P 500’s return. The best takeaway is that the investor class has high expectations for the economy under the president-elect.